rchase

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by rchase 5mo ago
I was hoping someone would point out slayradio. Incredible community of people, and I've been listening and chatting with those guys for decades.
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by rchase 5y ago
Gauloises Smoke Algorithms a different type of thinking Tonight mechanics of language ring like bells or machinery Or lust after longing Circuits cut on paper Writ on paper Walls of paper
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by rchase 6y ago
Lady Astor: "If you were my husband, I'd poison your drink." Churchill: "If you were my wife, I'd drink it." -Apocryphal
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by rchase 6y ago
I did not buy it. I traded Night Driver for it (and the paddles). 1980? And yeah, not to put too fine a point on it, just... no. But, given the replay-ability of Night Driver, still a fair trade.
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by rchase 6y ago
Quite challenging. That game is impossible to solve without spoilers, so far as I'm concerned. And lord knows I tried. As far as Infocom goes, the only ones I managed to solve unassisted were Zork I and II and Planetfall, all of which
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by rchase 6y ago
Google is getting some serious flack. From NPR this morning... https://www.npr.org/2020/12/18/947918291/google-researcher-d...
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by rchase 6y ago
Maybe the 8th is an implied nested recursion. It's the story of Mr. Vonnegut telling the story of the other 7 shapes.
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by rchase 6y ago
I learned spreadsheeting in Lotus 1-2-3 on DOS in the early '90s. It is so fast and super powerful. I still use the 1-2-3 keystrokes in Excel to this day (an option that I'm both infinitely pleased and super shocked still exists,
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by rchase 6y ago
Yep. I had a C64 and my step-brother had an Atari 800. It was a cool machine as well. Same processor, but radically different graphics and sound chip, if I remember correctly.
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by rchase 6y ago
Great book. Little dated, but still worth a read. Love the HOLE HAWG analogy about tools that do what you tell them to, immediately and sometimes dangerously, regardless of whether what you told them to do was right.
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by rchase 6y ago
I was happy to see the C64 called out near the end of this. I love that machine, and the Amiga so much. And reading about this Pi 400 the other day truly struck me in the same vein. I honestly don't care much about the couple obvious
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by rchase 6y ago
good god, man. well said.
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by rchase 6y ago
Cool story. Here's a real one, if anyone's interested... A Tiny Mistake https://pastebin.com/gZa36S0K
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by rchase 6y ago
Nice catch. No judgment yet, but feels like bowdlerization to me. https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bowdlerize
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by rchase 6y ago
“The Secret Life of Machines” My god how I loved that show. Tim Hunkin is such a weird and wonderful person. And though the show sorta predates the modern internet, as soon as the tech was available/undertandable to him, he put the who
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by rchase 6y ago
Years ago I took a tip from (the admittedly fictional) Mr. Sherlock Holmes: I never go anywhere without my small notebook and a pen. Back pocket for notebook (and yeah, the current one is 3/4 full and beat to hell) and pen in front poc
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by rchase 6y ago
Very cool article. Having grown up on msoft BASIC and assembly on the C64, I really appreciate the low-level insights.
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by rchase 6y ago
Holy crap that was a comprehensive article. Much more of this stuff, please. I haven't power-read anything so dense in a long while. And I'm not even a Star Wars fan (other than having been 9 years old when A New Hope (as it'
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by rchase 6y ago
various 8bit '80s BASIC implementations: REM Yes, it's the comment marker, standing for REMARK. But it's also, metaphorically, a line that is "asleep." Genius.
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by rchase 6y ago
I would argue that we, humans, as mathematicians, carpenters and apiarists have worked together with the bees resulting in a net gain in honey over time.
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by rchase 6y ago
I'm 51 years old. Think I was about ~40 when I realized the dipshits I went to high school with (and thousands more like them) are running the world now. That was an absolutely terrifying realization. The author's point about tec
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by rchase 6y ago
Daughter is an architect. She's been doing origami since early kidhood, and I marvel at the intricacy of the models she now handcrafts. Point being, like anything, the art of patience takes... practice. Tons of practice.
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by rchase 6y ago
Darmok and Jalad at Tanagra
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by rchase 7y ago
James Kunstler (despite being a bit of a kook), has been making this argument compellingly and entertainingly for like, 20 years. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz7oJjWg8_Y
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by rchase 7y ago
I listened to audio book at age 47, and really had several... moments. Yes. I think there's a lot to be gained from a re-read with some road years on you.
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by rchase 13y ago
This is exactly the sort of nightmare Glass gives me when I dream of it.
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by rchase 17y ago
Here's a source (german): http://events.ccc.de/2009/05/06/sigint-2009-fravia/ Somewhat skinny on details, but it's a start and mentions several other potential sources. Google translation: http://bit.ly/qNv0K I have neither the time nor